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| Nairobi attack: Kenya forces 'end' Westgate mall siege | Nairobi attack: Kenya forces 'end' Westgate mall siege |
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| The four-day siege involving suspected Islamist militants at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre is over, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta says. | The four-day siege involving suspected Islamist militants at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre is over, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta says. |
| Five attackers were shot dead by troops and 11 suspects are in custody, he said in a televised address to the nation. | Five attackers were shot dead by troops and 11 suspects are in custody, he said in a televised address to the nation. |
| Kenya has "shamed and defeated our attackers" but the "losses are immense", he said, confirming that 61 civilians and six soldiers had died. | |
| Three days of national mourning have been declared starting on Wednesday. | |
| President Kenyatta said that several bodies lying under rubble from collapsed parts of the building were still to be recovered. | |
| Some 62 people remain in hospital. Many others are being treated for shock and are undergoing counselling. | |
| "I promise that we shall have a full accountability for the mindless destruction, deaths, pain, loss and suffering we have all undergone as a national family. | |
| "These cowards will meet justice, as will their accomplices and patrons, wherever they are," he said. | |
| Militants stormed the Westgate centre on Saturday, throwing grenades and firing on shoppers and staff. | |
| Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenyan army operations in Somalia. | Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenyan army operations in Somalia. |
| The president said he could not confirm reports that a British national and two or three US citizens were involved in the attacks, but he said forensic experts were carrying out tests to ascertain their nationalities. |